Gang sweep nets leaders of Sutter Street Crips (UPDATED)

STOCKTON — A gangland sweep today rounded up the leaders of what police are calling one of Stockton's most notorious gangs.

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STOCKTON — A gangland sweep today rounded up the leaders of what police are calling one of Stockton's most notorious gangs.

The months-long investigation spanning from the streets of Stockton to a home in Los Angeles and a cell in San Quentin State Prison ended with a sweep that netted 10 individuals, according to the Stockton Police Department.

Eight were arrested in raids Wednesday morning, while two more were already in custody. One of the people caught up in the morning raids is accused of assaulting a peace officer, but the officer wasn't injured, according to a Police Department spokesman.

The enforcement was part of the city's Operation Ceasefire, a method of targeting violent crime by focusing on the city's most violent groups.

The Sutter Street Crips operated in the neighborhoods around California and Park streets in central Stockton, according to police.

Drugs, stolen property and ammunition were found during the raids, in which the Stockton Police S.W.A.T. team served search warrants at locations in the: 600 block of North Center Street, 300 block of Northbank Court, 2000 block of Bradford Street and 5800 block of Hemet Avenue.

Read Thursday's Record for more on this story by staff writer Zachary K. Johnson.